Automatic register for grain



(Model.)

J. WHERRY, Jr. AUTOMATIC REGISTER FOR GRAIN, SEED, AND OTHER SUBSTANGES.

Patented July 29, 1884.

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UNITED STATES PATENT TTICE.

JOHN WHERRY, JR., OF PUTNAM, ILLINOIS.

` AUTOMATIC REGISTER FOR GRAIN,

SEED, AND OTHER` SUBSTANCES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N0. 302,697, dated July 29,1984.

Application filed April 21, 1884.

To a/ZZ whom, t may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN WHERRY, J r., of Putnam, in the county ofPutnam and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful ImprovementinAutomatic Meters for Grains, Seeds, and other Substances, of which thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a sectional front elevation of my improvement. Fig. 2is asectional side elevation of the same, taken through the broken line w x,Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a sectional side elevation of a part of thesame,showing a hinged bottom raised or closed. Fig. 4 is asectional plan viewof the same, taken through the line yy, Fig. 3. v

The object of this invention is to improve the construction of theregisters for which Letters Patent No. 293,129, were issued to meFebruary 5, 1884, in such a manner as to make the meter less liable tobecome choked or clogged, and consequently more reliable in operation.

The invention consists in the construction and arrangement of parts, aswill be hereinafter fully described and claimed.

Upon the side edges of the hinged bottoms are iianges, which enterspaces in the double walls and partition of the case, and -prevent anypart of the substance being measured from getting between the said sideedges and the walls and partition of the case, and preventing the freemovement of the said hinged bottoms. The front of the case is made withan oset, to which are hinged plates held in place by weighted arms andkeepers, to overlap the forward edges of the hinged bottoms when raisedand prevent any part of the substance being measured from escaping overthe said edges. The case is made with double side walls and adouble-walled central partition, to provide spaces to receive theflanges of the hinged bottoms of the register, as will be hereinafterfully described.

A is the case of the meter, the side walls of which and the centralpartition, B, are made double, as shown in Figs. 1 and 4.

C is the swinging plate, by which the `substance being weighed ormeasured is guided (Model.)

into one or the other of the compartments of the case A.

To the side edges of the swinging plate C are attached iianges a,projecting upon both sides of the said plate, and which have their outeredges rounded off, as shown in Fig. 1, so that the said flanges a willnot interfere with the swinging of the said plate C. The plate O is madea little narrower than the space between the front and rear walls of theAcase A, as shown in Fig. 2, sothat there can be no friction between theflanges a and the said case.

To the front and rear walls of the case A yare attached flanges b, whichproject inward and downward to cover the spaces between the iianges aand the walls of the case A, and prevent any of the iniiowing grain fromentering the said spaces. With this construction the anges or ledges D,that support the plate C when swung to either side, must be attached tothe inclined parts of the side walls of the case A, as shown in Fig. 1,so as to be out of the way of the iianges b.

The rods EF, hinged bottoms G, pairs of elastic bars H, guide-bars K,scale-beam L, catch M, beveled projections N, bent rod O, weight l?, andhinged guard-plate S are constructed and operated in the manner shownand described in Letters Patent No. 299,129. The registering mechanismis constructed in the manner shown and described in Letters Patent N o.293,129, and is not shown in these drawings, as there is nothing new inits construction.

To the side edges of the hinged bottoms G are attachedupwardlyprojecting flanges c, which enter the spaces in the double wallsof the sides of the case A and partition B, as shown in Figs. 1 and 4,and in dotted lines in Figs. 2 and 3, to prevent any part of thesubstance being measured from getting between the side edges of the saidhinged bottoms G and the walls of the case A and partition B, andinterfering with the free movement of the said hinged bottoms G.

To a shoulder or offset, d, of the caseAare hinged plates e, to overlapthe forward edges of the hinged bottoms G when raised, and prevent anypart of the substance being measured from escaping at the said edges.

To the plates e are attached arms f, which TOO project through Wirekeepers g, attached to the offset d, and have weights h attached totheir free ends, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3 and in dotted lines in Fig.et. The weights 7L are made of sufficient gravity to hold the plates cwhen left free in inclined positions, so that they will not drop down sofar as to obstruct the rising ol" the said hinged bottoms G tohorizontal positions.

Having thus described my invention, l'. claim as newv and desire tosecure by Letters Paten t-- l. In a meter 'for grain, seeds, and othersubstances, the combination, with the hinged bottoms G- and the doublewalls and partition of the ease A, of the flanges c, substantially asherein shown and described, whereby any part of the substance beingmeasured will be kept lfrom getting between the edges ol" the saidhinged bottoms and the walls and partition ol" the' said ease, as set'fort-h.

2. In ameter for grain, seeds, and other substances, the combination,with the ease A, having oilset d, and the hinged bottoms (l, oi thehinged guard-plates c, the arms j', the keepers y, and thebalancing-weights il, substantially as herein shown and described,whereby any part oi the substance being measured will be kept 'fromescaping at the Yforward edges of the hinged bottoms, and the hingedguard-plates will be kept 'from ob strueting the upward movement of thesaid hinged bottoms, as set forth.

JOHN dil'lRfRYl1 Jn.

"Witnesses:

Jaulas N. Dunn, liroims W'Iipmimrs.

